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The Roles and Functions of the Social Work Supervisor

Ken Larimore, Ph.D, LISW-S
Presenter(s): 
Ken Larimore, Ph.D, LISW-S
$15.00
Member Price: 
$12.00

Training description: 
This training elaborates upon the roles that supervisors play, the responsibilities which adhere to these roles, and the functions which they must execute. The training will review leadership styles and the influence that the supervisor plays in the development of good social workers. Role issues, problems, & challenges are addressed in this training. 

<This training was created June 13, 2019.>

CE category: 
Administration and Work with Organizations
No. of CE Hours: 
1.0
Training format: 
video-based
Practice Level(s): 
Intermediate: MSW Level
Target Audience: 
Social workers and related professionals
Social work students
Human services professionals
Learning Objectives: 
After completing this training, participants will be able to:
    • Articulate the functions common to all supervisors
    • Describe the dynamics of authority and power within and supervisory ethics
    • Outline 2-3 of the main challenges of being a supervisor


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Training Outline: 

History of Social Work Supervisors (10 minutes) 

I.                    The Administrative Roots of Social Work Supervision 

II.                 Change of Context: A Shift to the Educational Function  

III.              The influence of Practice Theory & Methods 

IV.              Debate Between Interminable Supervision & Autonomous Practice 

V.                A Return to the Administrative Roots in the Age of Accountability

 The Job Performance (10 minutes) 

I.                    Job Performance as a Standard 

II.                 Job Performance as a Behavior 

III.              Job performance as a Process 

IV.              Job Performance as a Social Constraint 

The Supervisor as Manager (5 minutes) 

The Transition from Frontline Worker to Supervisor (10 minutes) 

I.                    The use of authority 

II.                 Decision-making Style 

III.              Relationship Orientation: From Helping to Mentoring 

IV.              Outcome Orientation: From Service Effectiveness to Cost Effectiveness. 

V.                Colleague Orientation: From Horizontal to Hierarchical 

The Educational & Supportive Functions (5 minutes) 

The Characteristics of Educational Supervision (12 minutes) 

I.                    Stage 1: Initial Enthusiasm 

II.                 Stage 2: Premature Routinization 

III.              Stage 3: Self-Doubt 

IV.              Stage 4: Stagnation, Collapse, or Recovery

Diversity: Issues in Cross-cultural Supervision (8 minutes) 

The Developmental Stages of the Supervisory Process (10 minutes) 

I.                    There are four significant empirical studies.

The Developmental Stage of the Supervisory Process (12 minutes) 

Group Supervision (8 minutes)


Bibliography: 

Beckett, C., A. Maynard, and P. Jordan 2017. Values and Ethics in Social Work. 3rd ed. London:  Sage. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=P2ICDgAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA1


Beddoe, L., and A. Davys. 2016. Challenges in Professional Supervision: Current Themes and Models for Practice. London: Jessica Kingsley [Kindle DX version]. http://www.amazon.com.


Bogo, M., and K. McKnight. 2005. “Clinical Supervision in Social Work.” The Clinical Supervisor 24 (1/2): 49–67. doi:10.1300/J001v24n01_04 


Corey, G., M. S. Corey, and P. Callanan. 1998. Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. Belmont, CA, USA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. Corey, G., M. S. Corey, and P. Callanan. 2014. Issue and Ethics in the Helping Professions. 9th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole 


Frunză, A., and A. Sandu. 2016. “Updating Ethics Expertise: Supervision of Ethics as a  Communicative Action.” Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics 13 (1): 73–83.  http://jswve.org/download/2016-1/ articles/13-1-2016-73-Updating-Ethics-Expertise.pdf.


Granvold, D. K. (1978). Training social work supervisors to meet organizational and worker  objectives. Journal of Education for Social Work, 14, 38–45.


Kadushin, A., & Harkness, D. (2014). Supervision in social work (5th ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 


Kadushin, A., and Harkness, D. 2002. Supervision in Social Work. 4th ed. New York: Columbia  University Press


Noble, C., M. Gray, and L. Johnston. 2016. Critical Supervision for the Human Services: A Social Model to Promote Learning and Value-Based Practice. London: Jessica Kingsley   [Kindle DX version]. http:// www.amazon.com 


O’Donoghue, K., Ju, P., & Tsui, M. S. (2018). Constructing an evidence-informed social work  supervision model. European Journal of Social Work, 21(3), 348–358. doi:10.1080/13691457.2017.1341387 


Sewell, K. M. 2018. “Social Work Supervision of Staff: A Primer and Scoping Review (2013–2017).” Clinical Social Work Journal 46 (4): 252–265. doi:10.1007/s10615-018-0679-0.


Schmidt, G. & Kariuki, A. (2019). Pathways to social work supervision. Journal of Human Behvior in the Socil Evironment, VOL. 29, NO. 3, 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2018.1530160   

 

Virgil, D. (2017). An exhaustive view of supervision in social work: History, Evolution, Current Trends. Social Work Review / Revista de Asistenta Sociala. Issue 2, p147-159. 13p.


Presenter Bio: 
Kenneth Larimore, PhD, LISW-S is currently a core faculty member at Walden University. He has worked previously at Ohio University for 8 years and was an adjunct for Indiana Wesleyan University, Ohio Christian University, and Liberty University. Dr. Larimore spent 25 years working in Treatment Foster Care before his academic career. He also has a Doctor of Ministry in Marriage and Family and spent many years working part-time in a counseling practice.